Chinese lunar calendar · month archive
Current month’s calendar & events →December 1949 Chinese lunar calendar
December 1949 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec. Full moon: 5 Dec. New moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 22 Dec.
Choose “Save as PDF” in your browser’s print destination to keep this calendar.
Lunar 1949 month 10 into 1949 month 11 · Yin Earth Ox 己丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子
- Solar terms
- Major Snow · 7 at 18:33:24 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 22 at 12:22:51 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 December 1949 closes lunar 1949 month 10; lunar 1949 month 11 begins 20 December 1949.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1949
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
December 1949 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
110/12乙丑Wood Ox210/13丙寅Fire Tiger310/14丁卯Fire Rabbit10/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month510/16己巳Earth Snake610/17庚午Metal Horse710/18辛未Metal GoatMajor Snow810/19壬申Water Monkey910/20癸酉Water Rooster1010/21甲戌Wood Dog10/22乙亥Wood Pig1210/23丙子Fire Rat1310/24丁丑Fire Ox1410/25戊寅Earth Tiger1510/26己卯Earth Rabbit1610/27庚辰Metal Dragon1710/28辛巳Metal Snake10/29壬午Water Horse1910/30癸未Water Goat2011/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens2111/2乙酉Wood Rooster11/3丙戌Fire DogWinter Solstice2311/4丁亥Fire Pig2411/5戊子Earth Rat11/6己丑Earth Ox2611/7庚寅Metal Tiger2711/8辛卯Metal Rabbit2811/9壬辰Water Dragon2911/10癸巳Water Snake3011/11甲午Wood Horse3111/12乙未Wood GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1949 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in December 1949
- 20 December 1949 — lunar 1949 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1949 month 11 opens.
- 7 December 1949 at 18:33:24 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 December 1949 at 12:22:51 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 December 1949 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 December 1949 — the first day of lunar month 11.
- 22 December 1949 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.